The tension is palpable between Manon Gaudet, her plantation owner husband and Sarah and it’s played out against a backdrop of a looming slave rebellion. Because Sarah’s voice was so rarely heard, it was all the more astounding when she finally reveals her own hatred of the Gaudets. As a slave, Sarah isn’t allowed the luxury of divulging her inner emotions. “Property” as a title fittingly describes the main premise of this book as it reveals the marital subjugation of Manon Gaudet, a bitter and unhappy wife of a sugar plantation owner and Sarah, a slave girl given to her as a wedding gift (and the mother of two illegitimate children from Manon’s husband).īoth women seethe with hatred and rage over their domination, although we mostly only hear from Manon. The time period is 1828 and set in Louisiana nearly 40 years before the Civil War.
The evils and barbarity of slavery are effectively conveyed in this powerful and spellbinding novel.
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